School bus driver declines interview in fatal crash probe

Erik Schelzig, Associated Press

December 1, 2016Updated: December 1, 2016 5:47pm

Photo: Mark Humphrey, AP

FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 file photo, a school bus is carried away, in Chattanooga, Tenn, from the site where it crashed on Monday. Attorney Amanda Dunn says she anticipates bus driver Johnthony Walker will plead not guilty if a grand jury indicts him. He's charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. Police say another count will be added.

FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 file photo, a school bus is...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The driver in a Chattanooga school bus wreck that killed six children last week has declined to be interviewed by federal crash investigators on advice of his lawyer, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

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